ral Stewart, who was in command of the cavalry
division, gave the order, and, wheeling far round to the right of the
infantry, led them against a large body of Arabs in the plain beyond the
ridge.

The enemy did not await their attack, but fled, hotly pursued by the
first and second lines for some distance. The order to cease pursuing
was sounded, when it was seen that the third line, composed of a hundred
men, were attacked by a body of Arabs who had advanced from the left,
and the main body wheeled round and advanced to assist them. But the
ground between was already occupied by the Arabs; these as the cavalry
advanced threw themselves down among the tufted hillocks and mounds
which covered the whole plain. The horses in their course leaped the
hillocks, swerving at the sight of the dark figures lying among them.

The Arabs sprang instantly to their feet in the intervals between the
horsemen and hurled their spears at them, or as they lay thrust them
into the horses, and as these fell sprang upon the riders and cut them
down. At the same moment a small body of mounted Arabs dashed into the
fray. Most of them were cut down, but some made their way through the
line, and turning the instant they did so fell upon the rear of the
charging squadron. Colonel Barrow who commanded it fell, but it still
pressed forward, the opposition becoming every moment more severe.
General Stewart led the second line to the assistance of the first, but
these too were desperately opposed, and had to fight hard before they
could reach them. One of the general's orderlies was killed and two
others wounded. Major Slade of the 10th Hussars, Lieutenant Freeman of
the 19th, and Lieutenant Probyn fell, and twenty men were killed and as
many wounded before the enemy retired.

Colonel Webster's squadron, which made several brilliant charges at the
enemy, now joined the rest of the cavalry. But the Arabs were
momentarily reinforced, and after what had been seen of the desperation
with which they fought it was deemed imprudent to pursue them further.

With the exception of the losses sustained by the cavalry the total loss
at the battle of El-Teb was small, amounting to only thirty killed and
one hundred and forty-two wounded. One infantry officer was killed, one
mortally wounded, and one severely so, while many received slight
wounds. The loss of the Arabs exceeded two thousand.

Edgar's squadron was among the first line when the charge was made t